On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Lord Isildur wrote:

> ?? ok , i didnt know that.. i was assuming it was like the alpha 3000/300s
> that come in the same box.


Yes the 5000/XX'ss are quite strange....

Heres a trivia question:


Is the DS5000/XX series the only DEC system to use the access bus KB and
mouse? (LK501 / VSXX-BB)
>
> isildur
>
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > >>hello,
> >
> > >yes, the keyboards, mice, and monitors are compatible.
> > >well, the monitors might be. The decstations and vaxstations both use two
> > >resolutions, 1024x864, and 1280x1024, at a few different sync
> > >frequencies. the ds5k25 iirc is 1280x1024, i dont remember if its 66 Hz
> > >or 60 Hz or 72 Hz, but most VS3100 graphics are at 1024x864. the VS4ks
> > >do 1280x1024, again i dont know the sync. so you have a fair chance of it
> > >working, but then again.. hehe
> > >find out the model of the monitor to try to eliminate some of the
> > >guessing..
> >
> > >isildur
> >
> > Actually 5000/25 KBs (LK501) and Mice will not work as they are Access bus
> > devices, not the standard DEC serial things. They have different connectors
> > also. The DS5000/25 built in video is 1024x768 @ 72 Hz IIRC
> >
> >
> > >On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Dan Williams wrote:
> >
> > >> I have found some cheap dec 5000/25 workstations, with keyboard, mouse + dec
> > >> screen
> > >> Would these other items be compatable with vaxstations 3100, 4000. I was
> > >> wondering if it was worth getting them just for these
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> Dan Williams
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > Peter Wallace
> >
> >
> >
>

Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics